Dogme 95
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Robanjo78 — 13 years ago(May 31, 2012 10:21 AM)
The rules are only suggestions.
Lars von trier:
"But I still think that Dogme might persist in the sense that a director would be able to say, I feel like making that kind of film. I think that would be good. Im sure a lot of people could profit from that. At which point you might argue that they could just as easily profit from a different set of rules. Yes, of course. But then go ahead and formulate them. Ours are just a proposal."(in MacKenzie,2003, 56)
"Dogme is not about following the Brothers Rules: its simply about setting some rules and limitations, and these can be any. The idea is simply to gain creativity through self-imposition." (Kelly: 2000, 80). -
mooo0 — 12 years ago(June 15, 2013 01:19 PM)
You are mistaken about the shooting format. The Idiots, Festen and Julien Donkey-Boy were all shot on MiniDV, which is digital. They were then transferred to 35mm for theatrical exhibition. The rule is not that it has to be shot on film (which these examples blatantly aren't) but that the aspect ratio has to Academy Standard (4:3).
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Sergeant343 — 12 years ago(August 27, 2013 06:27 AM)
The question can easily be answered is that like all genres of film, there are style choices involved. That is like saying why a film can't be horror if it is bright and sunny.
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MetalWorks — 11 years ago(August 27, 2014 05:52 PM)
Its a manifest, like the sound manifest Russian filmmakers made when sound in films came around
Like you said, "it's a stylistic choice", you either do it or don't
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sean_pak215 — 14 years ago(September 17, 2011 05:27 AM)
I agree with the OP to an extent. There are very few Dogme 95 films I've enjoyed, and I can't watch more than 1 at a time before craving for something more "cinematic." However, I do think the style really helped this particular film. The look, the realism, the fast editing all served the plot in this exceptional case. Actually, for a Dogme 95 film, it was actually pretty fancy, I thought, with the camera angles and editing. If the picture quality were sharper it could've easily been an Orson Welles flick from the '40s (much of it reminded me of The Magnificent Ambersons in tone, pace, theme, and style).
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daftspunk — 11 years ago(August 09, 2014 02:30 PM)
Even though i will agree that the Dogme approach did wonders in this particular film, i certainly despise many of its rules.The only rule that is understandable is the prohibition of the usage of non diegetic sound/music. No wonder Dogme is now abandoned by its creators itself.(And i think there isnt a single so-called Dogme film that purely conformed to these rules 100%..even Festen broke one of the rules)